In Turbo, Colombia, fiddler crabs eat microplastics and quickly grind them into smaller pieces. Researchers have found that the fiddler crabs accumulate plastics at more than 16 times the sediment ...

Wildlife officials say the number of whale and sea turtle entanglements in crab or other fishing gear has risen in recent years, leading the season to be delayed until at least the first of the new ...

Be honest: how long have you been lugging around your current vacuum? How long do vacuums last, anyway? Personally, I dragged a hand-me-down upright Dyson around for 12 years (and I can't confirm how ...

Nicotine quickly enters your bloodstream. Your liver then breaks down nicotine into several byproducts, primarily cotinine. Depending on what you're testing, such as a blood, urine, saliva, or hair ...

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While cruising the Texas coast this week during my Beachcombing survey, I came across one of the most entertaining — and ecologically important — residents of our shoreline: the fiddler crab. Easily ...

Michael Block is a 14 time GLAM Award nominated writer, producer, and host of the podcast Block Talk. Throughout his time in the entertainment industry, he has worked on and off Broadway as a stage ...

Single cortisone (corticosteroid) injections typically offer short-term relief for inflammation and pain, with the duration of the effect varying depending on the cause and injection site. Cortisone ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

The U.S. government has shut down for the first time since 2018, as federal funding expired at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday. While shutdowns are rare, they have occurred more often in recent decades.

The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...